Interurban Era
@interurbanera.bsky.social
I make chill scale modeling videos
+ Build custom model railroads for clients
https://lnk.bio/InterurbanEra
+ Build custom model railroads for clients
https://lnk.bio/InterurbanEra
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Interurban Era
@interurbanera.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Hello! I'm Interurban Era
Here's what I do:
+ Build model railroad layouts professionally
+ Make modelbuilding videos on Youtube
+ Design paint schemes for vehicles
+ Kitbash models
+ Illustrate
+ Play games
+ Learn about history & share it here
Follow me if that's the kinds of things you enjoy!
Here's what I do:
+ Build model railroad layouts professionally
+ Make modelbuilding videos on Youtube
+ Design paint schemes for vehicles
+ Kitbash models
+ Illustrate
+ Play games
+ Learn about history & share it here
Follow me if that's the kinds of things you enjoy!
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So the Electroliner achieved a top speed of 110 MPH, with trolley poles?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro...
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 AM
So the Electroliner achieved a top speed of 110 MPH, with trolley poles?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro...
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Shes looking good.
However due to a problem with the harness, the headlight might not work sadly. And replacing the harness at this point is probably too much of a pain.
However due to a problem with the harness, the headlight might not work sadly. And replacing the harness at this point is probably too much of a pain.
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Shes looking good.
However due to a problem with the harness, the headlight might not work sadly. And replacing the harness at this point is probably too much of a pain.
However due to a problem with the harness, the headlight might not work sadly. And replacing the harness at this point is probably too much of a pain.
Random FB marketplace find: a VERY fallout-coded 1959 Dodge COE truck, complete with an adorable dog.
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Random FB marketplace find: a VERY fallout-coded 1959 Dodge COE truck, complete with an adorable dog.
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richfield gas sign, ely, new york, 1980
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
richfield gas sign, ely, new york, 1980
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The M420TRs are very rare (15 built, all for FCP), but surprisingly there is technically a rarer variant, the earlier version of the M420TR. MLW built 2 of them for the Roberval and Saguenay Railway in Quebec. They were visually distinct with a dip in the hood like the EMD switchers had
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The M420TRs are very rare (15 built, all for FCP), but surprisingly there is technically a rarer variant, the earlier version of the M420TR. MLW built 2 of them for the Roberval and Saguenay Railway in Quebec. They were visually distinct with a dip in the hood like the EMD switchers had
Post thanksgiving sammich 🥪
Turkey
Ciabatta
Dijon
Brie
Arugula
Just had one and WOW.
Turkey
Ciabatta
Dijon
Brie
Arugula
Just had one and WOW.
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Post thanksgiving sammich 🥪
Turkey
Ciabatta
Dijon
Brie
Arugula
Just had one and WOW.
Turkey
Ciabatta
Dijon
Brie
Arugula
Just had one and WOW.
"May, 1958 Larry Kostka took these views of PCC 7186 being taken to the interchange by L-201. This car, like most of the post-war PCC's would be stripped for parts to be used in the building of 6000 series "L" cars by St. Louis Car Company."
This little line is under 2mi long, great modeling idea!
This little line is under 2mi long, great modeling idea!
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"May, 1958 Larry Kostka took these views of PCC 7186 being taken to the interchange by L-201. This car, like most of the post-war PCC's would be stripped for parts to be used in the building of 6000 series "L" cars by St. Louis Car Company."
This little line is under 2mi long, great modeling idea!
This little line is under 2mi long, great modeling idea!
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They called them “Two Rooms and a Kitchen” or “Snake Cars” and by all accounts they proved the concept of center-entrance articulated cars well before the creation of the Jacobs Bogie on the Key System bridge units. They still look rattly af tho.
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
They called them “Two Rooms and a Kitchen” or “Snake Cars” and by all accounts they proved the concept of center-entrance articulated cars well before the creation of the Jacobs Bogie on the Key System bridge units. They still look rattly af tho.
This Boston Elevated articulated set is reminiscent of one of those first few kitbashes you do when you've just started out. Ambitious, undercooked, but still a lot of fun.
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This Boston Elevated articulated set is reminiscent of one of those first few kitbashes you do when you've just started out. Ambitious, undercooked, but still a lot of fun.
Now THIS is a passenger train!
This is 1980's Ferrocarril Pacifico, presumably "La Balla" (The Bullet) with the freshly purchased D&H 17 on the point, but ironically the PA isn't the rarest unit in the consist!
This is 1980's Ferrocarril Pacifico, presumably "La Balla" (The Bullet) with the freshly purchased D&H 17 on the point, but ironically the PA isn't the rarest unit in the consist!
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Now THIS is a passenger train!
This is 1980's Ferrocarril Pacifico, presumably "La Balla" (The Bullet) with the freshly purchased D&H 17 on the point, but ironically the PA isn't the rarest unit in the consist!
This is 1980's Ferrocarril Pacifico, presumably "La Balla" (The Bullet) with the freshly purchased D&H 17 on the point, but ironically the PA isn't the rarest unit in the consist!
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A Rhetoric major asked me to share w/students info on"meaningful internships..." at a program in "AI & Machine Learning, healthcare, finance, and biotech" and run by people from "Y Combinator, Goldman Sachs, Google, Microsoft, and McKinsey."
Oh honey, you're in the wrong major. Try Nazi Studies.
Oh honey, you're in the wrong major. Try Nazi Studies.
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A Rhetoric major asked me to share w/students info on"meaningful internships..." at a program in "AI & Machine Learning, healthcare, finance, and biotech" and run by people from "Y Combinator, Goldman Sachs, Google, Microsoft, and McKinsey."
Oh honey, you're in the wrong major. Try Nazi Studies.
Oh honey, you're in the wrong major. Try Nazi Studies.
I have to know more about that highly unusual B&O tank car. Most be MoW.
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I have to know more about that highly unusual B&O tank car. Most be MoW.
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One wonders what an adult Calvin would think.
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
One wonders what an adult Calvin would think.
Confusing everyone by cultivating a light accent and saying that "you divide your time between Oakland and Aukland."
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Confusing everyone by cultivating a light accent and saying that "you divide your time between Oakland and Aukland."
Pondering the Oakland - Aukland cultural pipeline...
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Pondering the Oakland - Aukland cultural pipeline...
A second generation EMD is the perfect blank canvas to see if any paint scheme is actually a good design, and.....chat, this ain't it.
Imagine stocking light blue, dark blue and dark blue-gray when one of those colors would suffice. FFS.
Imagine stocking light blue, dark blue and dark blue-gray when one of those colors would suffice. FFS.
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
A second generation EMD is the perfect blank canvas to see if any paint scheme is actually a good design, and.....chat, this ain't it.
Imagine stocking light blue, dark blue and dark blue-gray when one of those colors would suffice. FFS.
Imagine stocking light blue, dark blue and dark blue-gray when one of those colors would suffice. FFS.
Have a watercolor of one of the concepts for the ALTA F45 I did a while back.
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Have a watercolor of one of the concepts for the ALTA F45 I did a while back.
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god the Nevada Northern is just something else, can't wait to get back
Freight hogs
Moments after emerging from the East Ely engine house, Nevada Northern sister locomotives #s 93 and 81 pour out their frosty, cold steam plumes in early morning sun. This image was captured during a ...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
god the Nevada Northern is just something else, can't wait to get back
The only "innovation" Adobe has made in a decade is inserting ads for its other products and features inside already paid programs.
The true end stage of capitalism, paying FOR ads. 😵
The true end stage of capitalism, paying FOR ads. 😵
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The only "innovation" Adobe has made in a decade is inserting ads for its other products and features inside already paid programs.
The true end stage of capitalism, paying FOR ads. 😵
The true end stage of capitalism, paying FOR ads. 😵
Really incredible 1940 tempra paint & gouache illustration done by EMD industrial designer Paul Meyer of the EMD FT demonstrator scheme.
What an INDREDIBLE illustration style too, the reflections and highlights are especially beautiful.
What an INDREDIBLE illustration style too, the reflections and highlights are especially beautiful.
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Really incredible 1940 tempra paint & gouache illustration done by EMD industrial designer Paul Meyer of the EMD FT demonstrator scheme.
What an INDREDIBLE illustration style too, the reflections and highlights are especially beautiful.
What an INDREDIBLE illustration style too, the reflections and highlights are especially beautiful.
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Began weathering models full time at 16, burned out at 23. Went to Italy for an industrial design apprenticeship, came back, went to college for it, did well. Graduated and worked at an abusive hardware startup. Quit. Got cold called to build a train layout, now build layouts and love it!
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Began weathering models full time at 16, burned out at 23. Went to Italy for an industrial design apprenticeship, came back, went to college for it, did well. Graduated and worked at an abusive hardware startup. Quit. Got cold called to build a train layout, now build layouts and love it!
Is always fun to model the ALTA in the 60s with rebuilt first generation diesels alongside the last of steam
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Is always fun to model the ALTA in the 60s with rebuilt first generation diesels alongside the last of steam
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A pair of boxcars await unloading along the Best Feeds feed mill in Strum, Wisconsin circa 1959.
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A pair of boxcars await unloading along the Best Feeds feed mill in Strum, Wisconsin circa 1959.
My new (half joking) stance for densification for LA and San Jose is to demolish 70% of the low density postwar stuff, plant fruit trees in their place and build a string of dense Burnaby BC style towers connected by automated metros in the remaining space.
November 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
My new (half joking) stance for densification for LA and San Jose is to demolish 70% of the low density postwar stuff, plant fruit trees in their place and build a string of dense Burnaby BC style towers connected by automated metros in the remaining space.
I was very pleasantly surprised and delighted today when someone spotted me on a Muni platform and said "Are you interurban era? I love your channel!"
Thanks again, fellow enthusiast! It always humbles me that people admire my work.
Thanks again, fellow enthusiast! It always humbles me that people admire my work.
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I was very pleasantly surprised and delighted today when someone spotted me on a Muni platform and said "Are you interurban era? I love your channel!"
Thanks again, fellow enthusiast! It always humbles me that people admire my work.
Thanks again, fellow enthusiast! It always humbles me that people admire my work.